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Daniel Paul Collins

Active judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Daniel Paul Collins serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by Donald J. Trump and confirmed May 21, 2019 by a 53–46 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.

Appointed by
Donald J. Trump
Confirmed
May 21, 2019
Senate vote
53–46
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Born
1963

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDonald J. Trump · May 21, 2019

Education

  • Harvard CollegeA.B., 1985
  • Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 1988

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-1989; Attorney-advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1991; Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992; Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1992-1996; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1996-2001, 2003-2019; Adjunct professor, Loyola Law School, 1997, 1998, 2017, 2018; Associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2003

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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